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  • 19Dec

    Our Ugly Christmas Sweater Party!

    Appetizer, Dinner, How I stay Healthy on Vacation

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    Our 1st Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party was a smashing success!

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    Eric and I rocked out his and hers Dollarstore Christmas socks! ;) More on our outfits later…

    The last thing I made yesterday was SANGRIA!

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    This bowl has a lot of history…it was my Father in Law’s mother’s bowl that was handed down to us!

    It was my first time making Sangria. I was short on time so I didn’t make the traditional version with heating up sugar and water to make syrup, however my easy version still tasted lovely!

    Ingredients:

    • 1 bottle red wine
    • 4-5 cans club soda
    • Agave nectar (to taste) I used 3-5 T maybe?
    • Lots of ice
    • 1 lemon, sliced
    • 1 lime, sliced
    • 1 orange, sliced
    • 1 bottle POM juice

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    It was a big hit. Not too sweet which was really nice!

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    FOOD, GLO-RIOUS, FOOD!

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    Eric made the veggie platter! Crunch, munch, crunch. Plus the gourmet dip (salsa + hummus)- so easy!

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    My Pumpkin Spiced Cinnamon Stix and Creamy Peanut Butter ‘Yogurt’ Dip (left) and Dark Chocolate Peppermint Spelt Cookies + Vegan crackers (right):

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    GLO BARS! They went FAST…I wish I had made more.

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    Our neighbors brought over meatballs, which the men promptly gobbled up. ;) Emily also brought over a Christmas Log Cake!

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    Alex brought Spiced Almonds and a tea towel from her recent trip to Barbados! Unfortunately, Emily, Alex, and Emily’s boyfriend Kyle had to leave early and we forgot to snap some pictures together! Oops!

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    Christmas Glow:

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    I also made this centrepiece out of a huge martini glass and bulbs:

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    OUTFITS!

    Eric bought a green turtleneck and red vest from Value Village (thrift store)! Merry Xmas visor is from Dollarstore.

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    He sewed all of the Christmas decals onto the red vest himself!!!!

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    Yes, he sewed on santa too!

    My outfit was made up of Dollarstore flashing antlers, Dollarstore Xmas earrings + jingle bell ring, OSGMOM’s Christmas sweater, a white v-neck tee, red plaid PJ pants, red nails, and Dollarstore Xmas socks!

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    I felt so comfy and fabulously fashionable, of course!!!

    Then it was time for door prizes and the male and female winners!

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    We had a good turn out…there were about 20 of us throughout the evening! Luckily everyone gathered in the basement, so my main floor still looks CLEAN! ;) Love that.

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    We also had the heat turned down to just 64F so everyone didn’t roast in their sweaters!

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    The female winner, Jamie:

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    Tacky Awesomeness.

    And the male winner, Henrick:

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    He’s Swedish and obviously super cool. Best costume ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

    The winners posed with their loot! FYI- they are also MARRIED! lol. Could there be a cuter couple!?

    Don’t worry it’s FAKE fur! I was glad I didn’t have to go all PETA on her ass. ;)

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    Henrick won an Oral-B Pulsonic electric toothbrush. A HUGE thank you to Oral B for donating this fabulous prize for our party! Jaime won a box of candles and a ‘Peace’ 4-hook wall plate (not shown).

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    One of the door prizes was a fabulous Jewelry hanger. Carly was over joyed! ;)

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    It was such a fun night!

    I only had 2 beers the entire night! I think this is the best I have felt after a big party…ever. ;) I definitely don’t drink like I used to. I find as I get older I realize that I don’t need to rely on alcohol to have a good time. Maybe it is just being more comfortable in my own skin?

    I’m still fairly tired…didn’t get to bed until 2:30am and Eric not until 4am! lol.

     

    SATURDAY:

    • Clean up the huge mess of bottles (boy, those men drink like FISH!)
    • Treadmill hill Workout (GOAL: Speed 4.2, incline 15% for at least 35 mins)
    • Glo Bakery work- I had a huge influx of orders yesterday that need to be prepared to ship out.  Don’t forget if you place an order this weekend, it will ship out first thing Monday morning!
    • Still no word on my CTV interview…bahhhhhh.
    • Laundry/start packing for trip
    • Catch up on emails (I’m SO behind!!!!!!!!!)

    Have a LOVELY last weekend before Christmas! HOW IS IT THE 20th TOMORROW?? I just need to buy one gift for Eric and I am done, thankfully!

    What about you…do you have many gifts left to buy? Are you a last minute shopper or an early bird?

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    Posted by Angela (Oh She Glows) @ 1:37 pm

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